FINDING 2022-005
Finding Subject: Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies - Special Tests and Provisions -
Annual Report Card/High School Graduation Rate
Summary of Finding:
Finding: Exit documentation was missing or incorrectly matched with student mobility codes for
students in the testing sa...
FINDING 2022-005
Finding Subject: Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies - Special Tests and Provisions -
Annual Report Card/High School Graduation Rate
Summary of Finding:
Finding: Exit documentation was missing or incorrectly matched with student mobility codes for
students in the testing sample of the 2022 cohort.
Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action:
Rafi Nolan-Abrahamian, Assistant Superintendent of Accountability and Innovation
Contact Phone Number and Email Address:
574-393-6179; rnolan-abrahamian@sbcsc.k12.in.us
Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with the finding.
Description of Corrective Action Plan:
SBCSC will conduct re-training of all High School principals and data technicians to review
SBCSC withdrawal policies (outlined below), along with required documentation for each
exit/mobility code. This training will be conducted in January 2024.
District staff will confirm with each high school that procedures below are in place by reviewing
cohort binders with the principal and data technician. Meetings will be scheduled in the Spring of
2024.
Procedure for Withdrawing Students from all SBCSC High Schools
Anytime a parent requests that a student withdraw from a high school, the following steps must
be followed. If a parent is not requesting a transfer, the principal will complete an exit interview.
All transfers will follow this procedure. (Please also see the procedure for processing no shows.)
1. Only the principal is allowed to sign the withdrawal form. If the principal is not available, an
assistant principal may sign the withdrawal form and immediately email it to the principal.
2. Prior to signing the withdrawal form, the principal will speak with the parents and student to
gather any information that may help the school understand why a withdrawal is necessary. Once
this conversation has happened, the principal will advise the parent and student.
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3. If it is determined that the student will transfer, the signed withdrawal form will be filed in a
binder based on class cohort. For example, all students scheduled to graduate in the spring of
2022 will be filed with the 2022 cohort. The principal must determine the name and contact
information for the receiving school.
4. It is the responsibility of the data technician to manage these cohorts by checking Learning
Connection weekly. If discrepancies are visible in Learning Connection, a data technician will
contact the SBCSC Department of Research and Evaluation and the IDOE.
5. The secretary of student management will forward any requests for records to the data
technician to file with the student’s withdrawal paperwork. (We must have a request for records
for every student withdrawing from SBCSC.)
6. The data technician will follow up regarding any student with whom we did not receive a request
for records for within one week of the withdrawal. The data technician will contact the receiving
school and parent to locate the records request.
7. The data technician will continue to locate a request for records weekly until the request is
received by SBCSC.
8. Documentation will be maintained of all efforts made to collect the information.
Anticipated Completion Date: Spring 2024